The low-end fast-food places one would expect were not as
superabundant as the many different kinds of grocers, or maybe
they maintain a low profile.

The fast food places are in the community, just more scattered. Have to
know where to look for them. (G) We're getting a new Chick-Fil-A over
near Publix; it will definatly relieve the crowding the current one

Funny, in most areas they're prominently located. To me, they
are generally all too apparent; I don't like them much, making
exceptions for Texas Roadhouse and Popeye's.

experiences around lunch time. Vehicles are lined up almost back to the bypass (about half a mile). Trying to get in to the handicap parking (or
any parking is a challenge; there are 2 drive thru lanes and order
takers walk from vehicle to vehicle so people don't have to put their
order in via a squalk box. Getting a seat inside is just about as
difficult.

For boneless white meat chicken?!

There are several in the Raleigh/Cary/Morrisville area but we've not checked any out yet.

For me ethnic markets are one of the treats, perhaps even
a defining feature of an area..

The Raleigh area has more than we do. We've shopped at a Hispanic market
down there once and a Korean market (near where I take one of my sewing machines for service) more than once. Plus, of course, the Halel market
we took you and Nancy to. (G)

It's kind of funny, distancing Wake Forest from the Raleigh
area, which starts 5 or 6 miles away as the crow flies.
Maybe Raleigh deserves it.

store today--very much like the Columbia one.

It would be interesting to compare the prices of a chain
between regions. I know that Royal Ahold's Giant stores have
high tickets compared to thir New England counterpart Stop &
Shop, even though they share governance..

OK, wonder if our HT VIP card would be hinored at S&S. Food Lion (here)
and Hanniford's (New England) are under the same ownership umbrella but
we can't use the FL cards up north.

Doubt it. Giant/Stop&Shop and Giant/Martin's are RA companies,
but Harris Teeter is a Kroger company, along with Swisher's
haunt Freddie's.

We did get some at Wegman's; Steve will give a write up on that one.

It'll most likely be fine by supermarket standards but
not really.

Good, not great, not Fu's.

I'd also be disinclined to patronize a sushi place with lesser
food than Fu's, whether supermarket or fancy restaurant.

An odd situation then. How can a piece of real estate
stay unused in what otherwise appears to be a boom area?

Maybe we've just seen it at odd times? We usually head north in the
mornings, come back down into the area around supper time. That area
hasn't has the growth (yet) that WF has had so maybe there's no interest
in the property at this time.

Maybe so; why would anyone venture a sushi restaurant in an
unpromising area?

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Title: Rich Lemon Brownies
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Fruits
Yield: 36 servings

1/2 c Butter 4 Eggs
4 oz Unsweetened chocolate 1 c Flour
1 3/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla

-------------------------------LEMON
FROSTING-------------------------------
1/4 c Butter 1 1/2 ts Vanilla
1 oz Unsweetened chocolate 1 1/2 ts Lemon juice
2 c Confectioners' sugar 1 c Chopped pecans
1 Egg

Preheat oven to 350 deg. Melt butter and choc. in a saucepan or dbl.
boiler
over simmering water. Let cool. Add sugar and eggs, one at a time, to
choc.
mixture, mixing well after each addition. Add flour and vanilla, blending
well. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 in. pan and bake for
20
to 25 minutes, until brownies just begin to pull away from sides of pan.
Brownies should still be moist. To prepare lemon frosting: Melt 1/4 c.
butter and 1 oz. choc. in saucepan or dbl boiler over simmering water.
Add
2 cups confect. sugar, mixing well. Add egg, vanilla, and lemon juice,
blending well. Mix in pecans. Frosting will harden as it cools. If
thicker
frosting is desired, add more confect. sugar. Let cool, cover with Lemon
Frosting and cut into 1 1/2 x 2 inch bars. "The 55 Best Brownies in the
World". Judy Garnett Raleigh, NC pjxg05a

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Hi Michael,

The low-end fast-food places one would expect were not as superabundant as the many different kinds of grocers, or maybe
they maintain a low profile.

The fast food places are in the community, just more scattered. Have

to > know where to look for them. (G) We're getting a new Chick-Fil-A
over > near Publix; it will definatly relieve the crowding the current

Funny, in most areas they're prominently located. To me, they
are generally all too apparent; I don't like them much, making
exceptions for Texas Roadhouse and Popeye's.

The older part of WF is still trying to hang on to its old town feel.
There's a Hardee's in that part of town but no other fast food places;
they're spread thruout the newer parts of town. Nice, actually, that we
aren't overrun with the fast food places in part of WF.

experiences around lunch time. Vehicles are lined up almost back to

the > bypass (about half a mile). Trying to get in to the handicap
parking (or > any parking is a challenge; there are 2 drive thru lanes
and order

takers walk from vehicle to vehicle so people don't have to put

their > order in via a squalk box. Getting a seat inside is just about
as

difficult.

For boneless white meat chicken?!

I'd rather have white meat (if not cooked bone dry) than dark. Downside
to C-F-A is that they took their carrot raisin salad off the menu a few
years ago and subbed in a "superfoods" salad with a lot of kale,
including a lot of stem sections. It's ok but I'd rather have the carrot
raisin combo. Steve has also bemoaned the fact that they offer a spicy
chicken sandwich but don't have it as chicken strips when he doesn't
want the bun. I did read a while back that they are test marketing spicy
strips but we've not been to a C-F-A in a while to verify it.

For me ethnic markets are one of the treats, perhaps even
a defining feature of an area..

The Raleigh area has more than we do. We've shopped at a Hispanic

market > down there once and a Korean market (near where I take one of
my sewing > machines for service) more than once. Plus, of course, the Halel market > we took you and Nancy to. (G)

It's kind of funny, distancing Wake Forest from the Raleigh
area, which starts 5 or 6 miles away as the crow flies.
Maybe Raleigh deserves it.

Don't know, but once you cross Captial Blvd from South Main you're
actually in North Raleigh.

store today--very much like the Columbia one.

It would be interesting to compare the prices of a chain
between regions. I know that Royal Ahold's Giant stores have
high tickets compared to thir New England counterpart Stop &
Shop, even though they share governance..

OK, wonder if our HT VIP card would be honored at S&S. Food Lion

(here) > and Hanniford's (New England) are under the same ownership umbrella but > we can't use the FL cards up north.

Doubt it. Giant/Stop&Shop and Giant/Martin's are RA companies,
but Harris Teeter is a Kroger company, along with Swisher's
haunt Freddie's.

I think we were able to use our HT cards last year in KY, don't remember
for sure or not. Do know we spent enough to get a gas credit (which we
used) so I think they did honor the HT cards.

We did get some at Wegman's; Steve will give a write up on

that one. > ML> It'll most likely be fine by supermarket standards
but

not really.

Good, not great, not Fu's.

I'd also be disinclined to patronize a sushi place with lesser
food than Fu's, whether supermarket or fancy restaurant.

Wegman's sushi would be good for once in a while when we want just one
roll to split as a side for a meal but Fu's is the place to go for a
full sushi meal. Have to find some place in the area that makes a decent
sushi for the times we want it but know we won't be anywhere near
western NY.

An odd situation then. How can a piece of real estate
stay unused in what otherwise appears to be a boom area?

Maybe we've just seen it at odd times? We usually head north in the mornings, come back down into the area around supper time. That area hasn't has the growth (yet) that WF has had so maybe there's no

interest > in the property at this time.

Maybe so; why would anyone venture a sushi restaurant in an
unpromising area?

Maybe it was promising at one time? The area is growing; we've seen
major increases in amount of traffic and housing construction in the
time we've been here. The Raleigh sprawl will eventually overtake more
and more of the area.

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